Blockbench is a free and open source model editor for Windows, Linux and MacOS. Using Blockbench you can create and edit low-poly and boxy models with pixel art textures. It is released under GNU General Public License v3. You can share and export your model into standardized formats. You can also 3D printed the model. Another important feature is create custom 3D models for the Minecraft Marketplace. It supports many dedicated formats for Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition with format specific features. You can also extend its features via plugins.
Install Blockbench on Ubuntu Linux
Blockbench is available as a portable AppImage, native deb and flatpak package from flathub. Download Blockbench in .AppImage file format from the above download link and save it in your Downloads folder. In terminal app (ctrl+alt+t) run below commands one by one.
cd Downloads
sudo chmod +x ~ Blockbench_4.0.3.AppImage
./Blockbench_4.0.3.AppImage
Here “Blockbench_4.0.3.AppImage” is the downloaded file name. You can change above commands based on your downloaded file name.
Install Blockbench via Deb:
Download Blockbench in .deb file format from the top Blockbench download link and save it on your Downloads folder. In terminal run below Blockbench installation command.
Here “Blockbench_4.0.3.deb” is the downloaded file name. You can change below command based on your file name.
sudo apt install ./Download/Blockbench_4.0.3.deb
[OR]
sudo apt install ./Download/Blockbench*.deb
Install Blockbench via Flatpak:
Install flatpak and flathub on your system and restart it. After in terminal run below Blockbench flatpak installation command.
flatpak install flathub net.blockbench.Blockbench
Run Blockbench app via below command.
flatpak run net.blockbench.Blockbench
You can also uninstall it via
sudo flatpak uninstall net.blockbench.Blockbench
That’s all.
